Cities Whose Downtowns are Bordered by Freeways Only

[Henry]

Downtown Los Angeles has all four of its boundaries made up by freeways: US 101 to the north, I-5 (or US 101) to the east, I-10 to the south, and CA 110 to the west.

What other cities have an all-freeway border for their downtown areas?

[NWI_Irish96]

I don't know Pittsburgh well enough to know what exactly constitutes downtown, but at least part of it is bordered by 279, 376 and 579.

[Bruce]

Portland's Inner Loop (I-405 and I-5) definitely defines and separates downtown from the rest of the city.

Kansas City has their loop, but it seems that some of downtown spills over I-670.

[Max Rockatansky]

Downtown Fresno with CA 99, CA 180 and CA 41.

[MATraveler128]

Philadelphia with I-76, I-95, and I-676

[1995hoo]

Charlotte with I-277 and I-77, although some nitpickers might argue that it doesn't count because in Charlotte the area is often called "Uptown."

[NE2]

Philadelphia with I-76, I-95, and I-676

South Philly is downtown?

[NE2]

Downtown Los Angeles has all four of its boundaries made up by freeways: US 101 to the north, I-5 (or US 101) to the east, I-10 to the south, and CA 110 to the west.

What other cities have an all-freeway border for their downtown areas?

Isn't the LA River the east boundary?

[Flint1979]

Downtown Detroit almost is, it's bordered on three sides by freeways, the other side by the Detroit River.

[SkyPesos]

Columbus: I-70 to the south, I-71 to the south and east, I-670 to the north and OH 315 to the west.

[bassoon1986]

Texas' 3 major cities all do:

Houston:
I-10/I-45/I-69

San Antonio:
I-10/I-35/I-37

Dallas:
I-30/I-35E/I-345/Woodall Rogers

[Ted$8roadFan]

Hartford, CT, with I-84 and I-91.

[MikeTheActuary]

Hartford, CT, with I-84 and I-91.

That covers the northern, western, and eastern borders of downtown, but since the connection between the Whitehead Highway and I-84 was never built.....

[bing101]

Downtown Sacramento I-80, US-50(aka I-305), I-5 and CA-51.

[Max Rockatansky]

Downtown Sacramento I-80, US-50(aka I-305), I-5 and CA-51.

Kinda, much of what exists north of CA 160 certainly wouldn't be considered downtown.

[roadman65]

I was going to point out Houston, but someone beat me to it.

[vdeane]

Formerly Rochester, then part of the Inner Loop was removed.

[roadman65]

Philadelphia with I-76, I-95, and I-676

No because Downtown ends at South Philly. Maybe if I-695 were built it would have contained it on the south end.

[Flint1979]

Philadelphia with I-76, I-95, and I-676

No because Downtown ends at South Philly. Maybe if I-695 were built it would have contained it on the south end.

Correct because South Street is the south end of Center City and the Schuylkill River is the western border not the Schuylkill Expressway. Spring Garden is the northern border and the Delaware River not the Delaware Expressway is the eastern border.

[WillWeaverRVA]

You could make a case for Richmond, VA's downtown being bordered by I-95, I-64, I-195, and VA 195, but that area includes the Fan and Museum Districts, which aren't considered downtown.

Downtown Portsmouth is bordered by VA 164, I-264, US 58 (which is a freeway while approaching the Midtown Tunnel), and the Elizabeth River.

[KCRoadFan]

My city - Kansas City, MO - has the downtown freeway loop - with a bunch of exit-number letter suffixes not seen anywhere else in the country. Aren't we special?

[Plutonic Panda]

Tulsa.

[ilpt4u]

Chicago gets close, but Lower Wacker Drive and Lake Shore Drive in the Downtown area both aren't quite freeways, not to mention the Draw Bridge on Ida Wells Dr/Congress Parkway

[The Nature Boy]

Breezewood, Pennsylvania 

[RobbieL2415]

Rochester, NY, was like this until the eastern portion of the Inner Loop was removed and replaced with a boulevard.